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Dec 2021
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14: Can we create our own luck?

LANA BLAKELY
About this episode

Recently, Lana noticed the common trend of calling people with well-behaved dogs "lucky". This got her thinking about the concept of luck, and what it actually means. Most importantly, it made her wonder whether or not we can create our own luck, and how one may go about doing that. 

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